Lee Chen Named No. 1 Private Computer Hardware Vender
Lee Chen built A10 Networks from a one-man shop to the nation's leading computer hardware vender.
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Toyota to Boost Domestic Output to 15,000 Units A Day
Toyota Motor plans to raise domestic daily output to 15,000 units by March, up from its current level of 12,000 units.
Forever 21's Jin Chang on Forbes Power List
Forever 21 co-founder Jin Chang placed 39th on the Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.
India, China Continue to Lead Gold Buying
India and China continue to lead global gold demand even as prices soar to new records.
GM to Develop Electric Cars with LG
General Motors will join with South Korean chaebol LG to develop electric vehicles (EVs) from scratch.
Sharp to Debut Lightweight, Portable LCD Screens
On September 15 Japan's Sharp will release a series of Freestyle Aquos television sets featuring wireless LCD screens.
Qibing Pei Develops Fully Stretchable OLED
Qibing Pei has led a UCLA team in developing the first fully stretchable organic light-emitting diode.
TDK Doubles Data Density of Hard Drives
Japan's TDK Corp. has doubled the recording capacity of hard disk drives using a new type of recording head.
China Trade Surplus Plunged in August
A surge in imports and softening exports nearly halved China's trade surplus in August to just $17.75 billion.
Samsung Pushes Own Bada OS with Wave Smartphones
Samsung powers up its software ambitions with three new smartphones running its proprietary OS.
McDonald's Tries New Approach for China Success
McDonald's China is loosening up its ownership structure and moving its stores upmarket to maintain growth in a rapidly changing market.
Ex-China Mobile Chairman Gets Death Sentence
A former China Mobile executive who had confessed to accepting $2.6 million in bribes was given a death sentence on Tuesday.
David Wang Creates Personal Activity Logger
David Wang wants to motivate the average person to achieve fitness goals by staying active in the real world.
China's Rare Earth Dealers Hurt by Price Plunge
A sudden price plunge has caught China's rare earth dealers holding big inventories bought at high prices.
BYD Plans Massive Layoffs As Auto Sales Plunge
The Chinese battery-maker picked by Warren Buffet to become a giant of the global electric-car market is shrinking its workforce as sales plunge.
Kai-Fu Lee Raises $180 Mil. for China Tech Incubator
Former search-engine wizard Kai-Fu Lee has raised $180 million more in venture capital for his China startup incubator.
Yachtmakers See Huge Potential in China
Global yachtmakers are angling to get into China's nascent yacht market to tap the potentially huge demand represented by its 875,000 millionaires.
Daihatsu Tops Fuel Efficiency with 71 MPG Car
Daihatsu has proclaimed its new Mira e:S the world's most fuel efficient non-hybrid gasoline car.
U.S. Is S. Korea's Top Arms Buyer
The United States bought $1.8 billion worth of arms from S. Korea over the past five years, becoming its biggest client.
Superfast 4G LTE Handsets Roll Out in S. Korea
New smartphones being released in S. Korea take full advantage of LTE 4G's blazing data transmission speeds.
Phillip Chang Takes Yogurtland Global
Phillip Chang is going international with the self-serve frozen yogurt concept he pioneered in 2006.
McDonald's Japan to Close Hundreds More Stores
Hundreds of McDonald's restaurants will be closed next year to boost profit margins due to a decline in demand for fast food.
HTC Named Taiwan's Top Global Brand
HTC tops the Taiwan Global Brands 2011 list having the highest brand value.
S. Korea Top Spender on Men's Skincare Products
No nation comes close to S. Korea in spending on men's skincare products.
Great Wall Leaps Past Slowing China Car-Market Growth
China's homegrown Great Wall Motors saw net profits soar 109 percent in the first half of the year on a 37 percent sales jump during ...
China's 2011 Growth Rate Pegged at 9.5%
Continuing vigorous investments will keep China's economic growth the world's highest, says the IMF.
Shinji Nishimoto Uses MRI to See Through Other Eyes
Neuroscientist Shinji Nishimoto has used MRI brain scans to visualize what a subject is seeing.
Chinese Loses Competitive Edge in Apparel, Shoes
The apparel and footwear industries, once China's manufacturing mainstays, are rapidly shifting to lower-wage nations.
Aviation Ties Seen Boosting U.S., China Economies
Civil aviation is the industry that can create the greatest mutual economic benefit for the U.S. and China.
China Firm to Install 2,000 Gold-Dispending ATMs
Gongmei Gold Trading plans to install 2,000 ATMs to dispense gold coins and bullions over the next two years.
S. Korea Is Top Asian Importer of U.S. Cheese
S. Korea imports more U.S. cheese than any nation except Mexico as its cheese consumption doubled between 2006 and 2010.
China Auto Exports Boom As Domestic Demand Slows
China's auto exports jumped 57% for the first seven months of 2011 over the same period last year to a total of 465,000 units.
LEDs Enjoy Boom in Japan Following Quake
The push for energy efficiency has accelerated the adoption of LED lights in Japan.
China Debuts Homegrown Ultra-Light Helicopter
The first ultra-light helicopter manufactured in China was unveiled Thursday at the China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin.
Nike Branded with False Advertising in China
Nike tried to cheat customers in China with a false advertising campaign, claims a Beijing consumer activist.
Strong Yen Pushes Even Small Japanese Firms Abroad
Japan fears hollowing out of its industrial base as more firms shift production to other Asian nations.
Japan Has No Companies in Asia's Top 50 List
The Forbes list of Asia's top 50 firms for 2011 was dominated by Chinese, S. Korean and Indian firms.
Paul Jung's Bodhi Electric Bikes Offer CVP Technology
If there's a Mercedes-Benz of bicycles, it would be the ones Paul Jung's Bodhi Bikes makes.
Kevin Chou Builds Social Gaming Kingdom
Kevin Chou is on track to build Kabam into an online social gaming empire.
80% of Honey Sold in China Suspected Fake
Most of the honey sold in China is nothing more than cane sugar syrup, according to an expert quoted by Beijing Business Today.
Google Returns to China with Group-Buying Site
Google has apparently decided to return to the China market by launching a group deal aggregator in China Thursday.
SUVs Catch On with China's Middle Class
China's affluent new middle class has made SUVs the fastest growing segment of the auto market.
Samsung Surges on Patent, Jobs News, HP Rumors
Samsung Electronics is suddenly looking unbeatable as several pieces of news combined to give its shares a big boost Thursday.
Severe Pilot Shortage to Hit Asia-Pacific Air Travel
A shortage of pilots and technicians may become the limiting factor in the growth of Asia-Pacific's booming air travel industry.
Yao Zhao Shows Energy-Efficient Nanotube Cable
Yao Zhao shows that ultra-light carbon-nanotube cables can carry as much electricity as copper wires.
Hong Kong Jobless Rate at 13-Year Low
A sustained export boom has powered record employment for Hong Kong, bringing down its jobless rate to a better-than-forecast 3.2 percent.
China's Auto Growth Shifts to Full-Size Cars
Falling prices and rising living standards have made larger models the hottest segment of China's car market.
Brian Wong Gets $4.3 Mil. for Kiip
Brian Wong's Kiip ad network lets advertisers reward gamers for virtual triumphs.
China Pork Consumption Drives World Prices
China's surging appetite for pork is driving up the price of grain and pigs around the world.
Korean Dramas Help Japanese TV's Bottom Line
Low-cost imported Korean TV dramas help Japan's TV networks cope with shrinking advertising revenues.
Lee Chen Named No. 1 Private Computer Hardware Vender
Lee Chen built A10 Networks from a one-man shop to the nation's leading computer hardware vender.
Toyota to Boost Domestic Output to 15,000 Units A Day
Toyota Motor plans to raise domestic daily output to 15,000 units by March, up from its current level of 12,000 units.
Forever 21's Jin Chang on Forbes Power List
Forever 21 co-founder Jin Chang placed 39th on the Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.
India, China Continue to Lead Gold Buying
India and China continue to lead global gold demand even as prices soar to new records.
GM to Develop Electric Cars with LG
General Motors will join with South Korean chaebol LG to develop electric vehicles (EVs) from scratch.
Sharp to Debut Lightweight, Portable LCD Screens
On September 15 Japan's Sharp will release a series of Freestyle Aquos television sets featuring wireless LCD screens.
Qibing Pei Develops Fully Stretchable OLED
Qibing Pei has led a UCLA team in developing the first fully stretchable organic light-emitting diode.
TDK Doubles Data Density of Hard Drives
Japan's TDK Corp. has doubled the recording capacity of hard disk drives using a new type of recording head.
China Trade Surplus Plunged in August
A surge in imports and softening exports nearly halved China's trade surplus in August to just $17.75 billion.
Samsung Pushes Own Bada OS with Wave Smartphones
Samsung powers up its software ambitions with three new smartphones running its proprietary OS.
McDonald's Tries New Approach for China Success
McDonald's China is loosening up its ownership structure and moving its stores upmarket to maintain growth in a rapidly changing market.
Ex-China Mobile Chairman Gets Death Sentence
A former China Mobile executive who had confessed to accepting $2.6 million in bribes was given a death sentence on Tuesday.
David Wang Creates Personal Activity Logger
David Wang wants to motivate the average person to achieve fitness goals by staying active in the real world.
China's Rare Earth Dealers Hurt by Price Plunge
A sudden price plunge has caught China's rare earth dealers holding big inventories bought at high prices.
BYD Plans Massive Layoffs As Auto Sales Plunge
The Chinese battery-maker picked by Warren Buffet to become a giant of the global electric-car market is shrinking its workforce as sales plunge.
Kai-Fu Lee Raises $180 Mil. for China Tech Incubator
Former search-engine wizard Kai-Fu Lee has raised $180 million more in venture capital for his China startup incubator.
Yachtmakers See Huge Potential in China
Global yachtmakers are angling to get into China's nascent yacht market to tap the potentially huge demand represented by its 875,000 millionaires.
Daihatsu Tops Fuel Efficiency with 71 MPG Car
Daihatsu has proclaimed its new Mira e:S the world's most fuel efficient non-hybrid gasoline car.
U.S. Is S. Korea's Top Arms Buyer
The United States bought $1.8 billion worth of arms from S. Korea over the past five years, becoming its biggest client.
Superfast 4G LTE Handsets Roll Out in S. Korea
New smartphones being released in S. Korea take full advantage of LTE 4G's blazing data transmission speeds.
Phillip Chang Takes Yogurtland Global
Phillip Chang is going international with the self-serve frozen yogurt concept he pioneered in 2006.
McDonald's Japan to Close Hundreds More Stores
Hundreds of McDonald's restaurants will be closed next year to boost profit margins due to a decline in demand for fast food.
HTC Named Taiwan's Top Global Brand
HTC tops the Taiwan Global Brands 2011 list having the highest brand value.
S. Korea Top Spender on Men's Skincare Products
No nation comes close to S. Korea in spending on men's skincare products.
Great Wall Leaps Past Slowing China Car-Market Growth
China's homegrown Great Wall Motors saw net profits soar 109 percent in the first half of the year on a 37 percent sales jump during ...
China's 2011 Growth Rate Pegged at 9.5%
Continuing vigorous investments will keep China's economic growth the world's highest, says the IMF.
Shinji Nishimoto Uses MRI to See Through Other Eyes
Neuroscientist Shinji Nishimoto has used MRI brain scans to visualize what a subject is seeing.
Chinese Loses Competitive Edge in Apparel, Shoes
The apparel and footwear industries, once China's manufacturing mainstays, are rapidly shifting to lower-wage nations.
Aviation Ties Seen Boosting U.S., China Economies
Civil aviation is the industry that can create the greatest mutual economic benefit for the U.S. and China.
China Firm to Install 2,000 Gold-Dispending ATMs
Gongmei Gold Trading plans to install 2,000 ATMs to dispense gold coins and bullions over the next two years.
S. Korea Is Top Asian Importer of U.S. Cheese
S. Korea imports more U.S. cheese than any nation except Mexico as its cheese consumption doubled between 2006 and 2010.
China Auto Exports Boom As Domestic Demand Slows
China's auto exports jumped 57% for the first seven months of 2011 over the same period last year to a total of 465,000 units.
LEDs Enjoy Boom in Japan Following Quake
The push for energy efficiency has accelerated the adoption of LED lights in Japan.
China Debuts Homegrown Ultra-Light Helicopter
The first ultra-light helicopter manufactured in China was unveiled Thursday at the China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin.
Nike Branded with False Advertising in China
Nike tried to cheat customers in China with a false advertising campaign, claims a Beijing consumer activist.
Strong Yen Pushes Even Small Japanese Firms Abroad
Japan fears hollowing out of its industrial base as more firms shift production to other Asian nations.
Japan Has No Companies in Asia's Top 50 List
The Forbes list of Asia's top 50 firms for 2011 was dominated by Chinese, S. Korean and Indian firms.
Paul Jung's Bodhi Electric Bikes Offer CVP Technology
If there's a Mercedes-Benz of bicycles, it would be the ones Paul Jung's Bodhi Bikes makes.
Kevin Chou Builds Social Gaming Kingdom
Kevin Chou is on track to build Kabam into an online social gaming empire.
80% of Honey Sold in China Suspected Fake
Most of the honey sold in China is nothing more than cane sugar syrup, according to an expert quoted by Beijing Business Today.
Google Returns to China with Group-Buying Site
Google has apparently decided to return to the China market by launching a group deal aggregator in China Thursday.
SUVs Catch On with China's Middle Class
China's affluent new middle class has made SUVs the fastest growing segment of the auto market.
Samsung Surges on Patent, Jobs News, HP Rumors
Samsung Electronics is suddenly looking unbeatable as several pieces of news combined to give its shares a big boost Thursday.
Severe Pilot Shortage to Hit Asia-Pacific Air Travel
A shortage of pilots and technicians may become the limiting factor in the growth of Asia-Pacific's booming air travel industry.
Yao Zhao Shows Energy-Efficient Nanotube Cable
Yao Zhao shows that ultra-light carbon-nanotube cables can carry as much electricity as copper wires.
Hong Kong Jobless Rate at 13-Year Low
A sustained export boom has powered record employment for Hong Kong, bringing down its jobless rate to a better-than-forecast 3.2 percent.
China's Auto Growth Shifts to Full-Size Cars
Falling prices and rising living standards have made larger models the hottest segment of China's car market.
Brian Wong Gets $4.3 Mil. for Kiip
Brian Wong's Kiip ad network lets advertisers reward gamers for virtual triumphs.
China Pork Consumption Drives World Prices
China's surging appetite for pork is driving up the price of grain and pigs around the world.
Korean Dramas Help Japanese TV's Bottom Line
Low-cost imported Korean TV dramas help Japan's TV networks cope with shrinking advertising revenues.
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